Tag: Rick and Morty
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‘Solar Opposites’ Season 2: How the Wall Turned into ‘True Detective’ with Help from Sterling K. Brown
It isn’t often that a subplot overtakes the plot in prominence, but that’s what makes “Solar Opposites” uniquely fun and ambitious. Hulu’s adult-oriented animated sitcom from “Rick and Morty” co-creator Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan (“Star Trek: Lower Decks”) basically gives you two shows in one: a sci-fi sitcom about a race of aliens stranded…
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Watch the ‘Rick and Morty’ Season 5 Premiere for Free on YouTube
This past weekend brought the Rick and Morty season 5 premiere to Adult Swim, along with a streaming debut on Hulu and HBO Max. But if you somehow find yourself without a cable subscription or either of those streaming services, there’s another away for you to watch the first episode of the new season. Right…
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‘Rick and Morty’ Review: Time-Bending ‘Mort Dinner Rick Andre’ Is Another Solid, Sweeping Premiere
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Rick and Morty” Season 5, Episode 1, “Mort Dinner Rick Andre.”]As far as season premiere traditions go, “title character’s hopeless feelings leads him down interdimensional path that ends up with him or his crush absorbing all knowledge of existence” is a good one to stick to. After…
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‘Rick and Morty’ Season 5 Opening Scene: Morty Saves the Day, Much to Rick’s Chagrin
Rick and Morty season 5 is premiering on Adult Swim this weekend. Ahead of the first episode’s arrival on Sunday, the cold open has been released online, and it finds Morty actually doing something right for once. When it seems like all hope is lost, and Rick and Morty might meet their maker after an…
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‘Doctor Strange 2’ Writer Says He Looked To Anthony Bourdain & Indiana Jones For “Touchstone” Inspirations For The Character
Writer/producer Michael Waldron might be the most envied writer of the genre geek world. After working on “Rick and Morty” and being part of the Dan Harmon animated universe, his career accelerated fast. He scored the head writing job on “Loki,” then was quickly tapped by Marvel’s Kevin Feige to rewrite “Doctor Strange In The…
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13 Most Controversial ‘SNL’ Hosts and Guests of All Time
The news that Elon Musk would be hosting the May 8 episode of “Saturday Night Live” wasn’t exactly met with the warmest of welcomes, by either fans or the cast. The CEO and Technoking of Tesla as well as the Chief Engineer of SpaceX sparked outrage when sharing the announcement last month, prompting cast members…
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Votd: ‘Rick and Morty in the Eternal Nightmare Machine’ Gives the Duo a 16-Bit Animated Adventure
Along with a new trailer for the fifth season of Rick and Morty, Adult Swim has released a new short inspired by classic 16-bit side-scrolling video games. Created by animator Paul Robertson, the animated Rick and Morty in the Eternal Nightmare Machine takes the titular duo on a video game adventure where a corrupt simulation…
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‘Rick and Morty’ Season 5 Trailer: The Whole Family Gets in on the Wild Sci-Fi Action
Rick and Morty is returning for a fifth season on Adult Swim this summer, and a new trailer shows off all the sci-fi adventures that we’ll be going on this time. Though the series has long focused on the titular grandfather and grandson, it looks like there will be a good amount of storylines this…
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‘Rick and Morty’ Season 5 Trailer Promises Plenty of Sci-Fi Insanity in June
Adult Swim isn’t letting Hulu and Solar Opposites deliver the only animated series with truly insane sci-fi hilarity this year. Rick and Morty is returning for season 5 this summer, and the first trailer reveals some of the wild new adventures that the dysfunctional duo will be going on this time around. Plus, it looks…
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‘Rick and Morty’ Co-Creator Sets ‘Koala Man’ at Hulu, an Adult Animated Comedy About a Koala Superhero
You’ve heard of Iron Man, Superman, and Batman. But what about “Koala Man”?Hulu announced Tuesday that Justin Roiland, the co-creator of the hit animated sitcom “Rick and Morty,” is among the executive producers behind “Koala Man,” a new animated adult comedy series. The show comes from creator and executive producer Michael Cusack, who will voice…